world.DatabaseColumnValues

MUSHclient script function (Method) — introduced in version 4.40

Returns the contents of all the SQL columns after a step

Prototype

VARIANT DatabaseColumnValues(BSTR DbName);

Data type meanings

Description

You can use this, after successfully doing a DatabaseStep, to get the data in all particular columns, as a table, in the appropriate format: text, floating point number, integer or null.

The table is indexed to start at 1 for the first column, up to the number returned by DatabaseColumns.

Lua example

t = DatabaseColumnValues ("db")  --> the contents of all columns

Lua notes

Lua returns nil for a NULL value.

Return value

The contents of all columns, as a table. Each item contains a string, long, double or empty variant.

Function	Description
DatabaseColumnName	Find the name of a specified column returned by an SQL statement
DatabaseColumnNames	Return a table of all the columns returned by an SQL statement
DatabaseColumnText	Returns the contents of an SQL column, as text
DatabaseColumnType	Returns the type of data in an SQL column
DatabaseColumnValue	Returns the contents of an SQL column, as text, float, integer, or null
DatabaseColumns	Find how many columns will be returned by an SQL statement
DatabaseError	Returns an English string describing the most recent SQL error
DatabaseExec	Executes SQL code against an SQLite database
DatabaseFinalize	Finalizes (wraps up) a previously-prepared SQL statement
DatabaseLastInsertRowid	Returns the most recently automatically allocated database key
DatabaseOpen	Opens an SQLite database
DatabasePrepare	Prepares an SQL statement for execution
DatabaseReset	Resets a previously-prepared SQL statement to the start